Christmas Cruise On Board SuperStar Virgo Day 3

Christmas Cruise Day 3

Montage of SuperStar Virgo 2009

Just a few hours left on this Christmas cruise on board the holiday cruise ship, SuperStar Virgo, we would be disembarking from this casino ship soon. This is my first Christmas on board the Star Cruise Line, a great way to spend Christmas with the family, although there would have been more Christmas cheer if Santa had been around as well. The Christmas carols by the SuperStar Virgo band did add to the Christmas atmosphere. With Mother in her wheelchair on this cruise, we again found the whole ship to be very wheelchair friendly.

We managed to capture some sunrise images from the balcony of our cabin as well as ocean images.

Sunrise and ocean images

Just like a work of art

Ocean image

Breakfast was to have been at Bella Vista restaurant where you could get breakfast food of Western or Chinese cuisine. However there was a long queue and it would be an hour and a half wait for a table. We decided then to go to the Pavilion Chinese Restaurant and were fortunate to get 2 tables for our group.

Mother in her wheelchair on the way to breakfast in Pavilion Chinese Restaurant

Our group of 2 tables

A good breakfast where we had Chinese breakfast comprising scallop porridge and various dim sum food, we were happy with the dishes. Fortunately Mother quite enjoyed the dim sum as they were pretty good overall.

Porridge

Fried dim sum dishes

Baked dim sum dish

Chicken feet, delicious if you know how to eat

Steamed dim sum food

Yummy yummy

By the time we finished breakfast, it was already after 1000 hrs and we returned to our cabin to wait for the signal for disembarkation. Our whole group gathered in our cabin and there was a lot of chatter going on whilst waiting for the Star Cruise staff to come to our cabin and assist us to wheel Mother in her wheelchair. The ship docked at Singapore Harbourfront at 1100 hrs and by the time the cruise ship staff came to our cabin, it was almost 1145 hrs.

As we made our way to Singapore Cruise Centre at Harbourfront

Harbour pictures

Long Jie, a casino ship

Harbour pictures

Just could not help snapping the clouds images


Trying to get a sun-tan in the balcony

As we approached the harbour

Another holiday cruise ship docked at the Singapore Cruise Centre

Harbourfront

This time our whole group disembarked together. Just one person accompanied Mother in her wheelchair to take the lift as there were altogether 27 wheelchair passengers and the queue for the lift was long. By the time we had gone through customs and immigration, it was almost 1230 hrs.

See the similarity?

That was the end of our Christmas cruise on board the SuperStar Virgo. We had gone as a big family and had a wonderful vacation on board the holiday cruise ship, otherwise fondly known as the casino ship. It is easy to bring Mother on board the Star Cruise Line as it is wheelchair friendly and the crew is super friendly as well.




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Christmas Cruise On Board SuperStar Virgo Day 2 Boxing Day

Christmas Cruise Day 2 - Boxing Day

Today is the second day of our Christmas cruise on board the holiday cruise ship SuperStar Virgo. Most of the adult members of our group of 23 persons were looking forward to spending a great time on board this Star Cruise casino ship. Another group were looking forward to the karaoke singing and getting a chance to practice their vocal chords.

As our group was huge, it was better to go our separate ways as everyone had a different agenda. Mother and the casino group proceeded to Deck 8 Royale Club, the casino for gold card members and above. The teenagers went to the Arcade. Those with younger kids had other plans such as the funny face painting at Charlie’s Kids Club.

Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant

We started off the day with a late breakfast at Deck 12 Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant. With breakfast food of a wide variety, including Indian vegetarian food, there were lots to choose from. The draw of eating at the Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant is that you need not wait to be served. At the same time, it is also a pork and lard free restaurant and you can help yourself to whatever your stomach desire.

Breakfast food of a wide variety

Danish pastry

Indian breakfast food

Enjoying breakfast

Mother and daughter pair

Today at 1000 hrs for an hour, you could learn the basic techniques of Swedish Massage for S$10 (USD7.15) per person. We had thought of going for this session but as we were late for breakfast and we did not want to rush, it was already after 1000 hrs when we finished breakfast.

Swedish Massage Class
Pretty interesting. Hopefully we can get to participate in this when we next come on board the SuperStar Virgo again.

Here are some photographs of the Parthenon Pool on Deck 12 which we passed by when we go to the Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant.

Parthenon Pool on board the holiday cruise ship

The pool Not too crowded at 1000hrs.

By the pool

The ceiling of the Star Cruise Line on Deck 12 just outside the Apollo Spa and Universal Gym.

Beautiful ...

We then proceeded to the Royale Club casino to watch the other group members play Baccarat. It was fun seeing money being paid out to our group members although we still have no idea how the game is played even after watching them play a number of times.

Royale Club

Lunch saw us in Pavilion Chinese Restaurant on Deck 6. The soup and the fish were good. You could also help yourself to the plain porridge or sweet potato porridge with the various condiments.

In Pavilion Chinese Restaurant

Sweet potato porridge with condiments

Chinese Set Lunch Menu

Appetizer
Pan-fried Minced Chicken with Salted Fish


Soup
Double Boiled Pork Ribs Soup With Yellow Cucumber


Main Course
Deep Fried Fish in Soya Sauce


Sauteed Prawn Meat and Cuttlefish with Shimeji Mushroom in XO Sauce


Stewed Pork Stomach with Salted Vegetables and Tomato


Dessert
Sweetened Sea Coconut and Longan Fruit

In fact, we were so full that we did not even wait for the dessert. Must be because of the late breakfast.

When lunch was over, we explored the holiday cruise ship and collected our passports. Only passengers with Singapore passport documents could collect them today after 12noon.

Deck 7 where we collected our passports


Christmas decor

Santa by the Christmas tree

White Christmas tree

Next we went to the Oasis casino on Deck 7 and tried our hands at the jackpot. Luck was not on our side today and we donated all that we had earned last night and some.

We decided then to get some exercise at the Universal gym on Deck 12. Here you could have a great view of the sea or the Parthenon Pool as you work out. The exercise session was followed by a short session in the steam room as well as the sauna.

Exercising with a view of the ocean

Working out with a pool view... Note the blue water slide

Next, we went back to Royale Casino to check on the status of the group and some of our group members were still going strong but Mother was tired and had enough. We accompanied Mother in her wheelchair back to the room where she too a rest before dinner.

Since Mother was yearning for her fish noodles in Blue Lagoon, an Asian Bistro a la carte restaurant, we accompanied Mother for dinner with some other group members although we had thought of going for the BBQ Dinner on Deck 12 by the Parthenon Pool.

Dinner was good. Some of the dishes ordered include fish noodle soup, nasi lemak (coconut rice), seafood hor fun (rice noodles), chicken wings, bak kut teh, chicken rice, etc.. Prices were quite reasonable as well.

Iced Mocha

Fish noodle

Hmmm... Where's my food?

Nasi Lemak (coconut rice)

Chicken wings

Satay (bbq meat on skewer)

Seafood Hor Fun (rice noodles)

Bak Kut Teh (pork ribs soup)

Burger

Part of our group

As Mother was tired, we accompanied her back to the cabin and settled her into bed before we went to Out of Africa Karaoke Room. Karaoke is a form of singing whereby amateur singers and wannabes sing along with recorded music and follow the lyrics on the television or video screen. Here some of our group members had a 2 hour karaoke singing session and tested their vocals whilst enjoying some snacks and wine. They ended up enjoying the singing session so much that they extended it by another hour.

Choosing the songs for the karaoke

Karaoke audience No singing for them

Karaoke star talent

Half way through the karaoke session, we went back to the casino to try our luck on the jackpot machines once again. However, luck certainly did not seem to be on our side. We then decided to get some supper at the Mediterranean Buffet Restaurant before retiring for the night. Many friends of ours call the Star Cruise Line the 6 meals cruise. That is because you get fed breakfast, morning tea, lunch, afternoon tea, dinner and supper. It is great if you have a fantastic appetite!

Supper food

More food

What a day on this Star Cruise Line! Lots of food on this casino ship where we did not have much luck today. We spent this Christmas cruise eating and then working off the calories as well. The time on board this holiday cruise ship SuperStar Virgo was also spent enjoying some karaoke singing session and listening to some future Singapore idols.




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